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Windows 7: convert to SSD without Dell's Windows installation media

I bought a Dell Latitude E5410 with no installation media. It's out of warranty so Dell installation media will not be free. I bought a new SSD. I want to put the SSD in the Dell and install Windows 7 Pro and use the Windows Certificate of Authenticity that came with the Dell.

Do I have to spend a lot of time figuring out Dell's way of producing some sort of Windows 7 installation disk, which means reading too many boring webpages and their 40 page PDF on their own Dell backup and recovery manager? (Aside: why does this thing even exist when Windows already has some sort of backup manager? why do webpages have so many links you lose patience before you finish reading?)

I want to download a Windows 7 Pro ISO from some Microsoft page that I will probably find linked to from sevenforums.com and forget about reading Dell's information. I will go back to Dell.com to download drivers if need be but I'll guess WiFi, video, and the USB mouse have a good chance of working even before I do so. I have another computer I can use to fetch drivers if the Dell WiFi does not work on the bare Windows 7 Pro.

Thanks to all. I used Bongo's links to find the ISO. The SHA1 hash matched what Microsoft is showing for Windows 7, SP1, x64, with the letter U in the file name, so I can say that German site is offering clean files.

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